Remote Working: Linking People and Organizations
- 3h 24m
- David Nickson, Suzy Siddons
- Taylor and Francis
- 2004
As more people choose to work from home, the challenges for both the home worker and traditional management increase. Many questions arise regarding how to appraise the remote worker, the logistics of home working, and productivity. The authors focus on developing the right skills to cope with this new environment and stress the importance of knowing what the home worker needs.
Other issues addressed are finding the right balance between the office, home and client sites, dealing with the creation of workable home office environment, and technological and legal issues.
- Provides guidance as to the best practice in terms of supporting remote workers
- Shows how to help employees develop skills needed to work at home successfully
- Focuses on the issues surrounding work life balance
About the Authors
David Nickson is an author and freelance consultant working with organizations from both the private and the public sector, including government departments, local authorities, multi-nationals, the media, finance and service suppliers. He is co-author of Managing Projects published by Butterworth-Heinemann.
Suzy Siddons has been a business trainer for 20 years and has run her own business training consultancy for the last 15 years. Her clients include blue chip companies both in the UK and internationally. She specialises in behavioural skills for business such as leadership, team management, management skills, sales skills, the trainer in business and particularly in the psychology of communication.
In this Book
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Chapter 1: Introduction
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Chapter 2: Implementing Remote Working
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Chapter 3: Who Should Be a Remote Worker?
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Chapter 4: Skills for Managers: General Management Skills
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Chapter 5: Skills for Managers: Feedback, Appraisal, Control and Development
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Chapter 6: Logistics
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Chapter 7: Technology
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Chapter 8: Personal Skills for the Remote Worker
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Chapter 9: The Home Office Environment
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Chapter 10: The Remote Worker's Children, Relatives and Pets
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Chapter 11: Risk and Remote Working
